@misc{empire-of-distraction,
  title = {The Empire of Distraction: Foreign Agenda-Setting, Malapportionment, and the Managed Myth of Popular Rule in the United States},
  author = {Siddhartha Harsh Wardhan},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-01-22},
  url = {https://independentobserver.org/library/documents/empire-of-distraction/},
  note = {Author working paper. Author-controlled source · selected public synopsis. Citation describes the public author record.}
}